88 4j Dr Turner’s Analysis of Radiated Celestine. 
me by Professor Hausmann of Gottingen, was reduced to pow- 
der, and digested a few minutes in dilute muriatic acid, to re- 
move the carbonate of lime. The dried powder was analysed in 
the manner already detailed, and, neglecting traces of alumina, 
non, manganese, and lime, 100 parts yielded. 
Sulphuric Acid, .... 37.172 
Baryta, . » . . 40.995 
Strontian, ..... 20.72 
98.887 
Or, calculating from the capacity of the two earths, 
Sulphate of Baryta, . . . 62.114 
Sulphate of Strontian, . . . 36.431 
98.545 
In the preceding analyses, I adopted the advice of Professor 
Stromeyer, of digesting the crystallised, and not the dried, mu- 
riates of baryta and strontian in alcohol. Muriate of strontian, 
after having lost its water of crystallisation, does not dissolve 
readily in strong alcohol ; and the heat, which it is then neces- 
sary to employ for effecting its perfect solution, is apt to cause 
some muriate of baryta to be likewise dissolved. The crystal- 
lised muriate of strontian, on the contrary, dissolves readily in 
alcohol, at a temperature of 70° or 80° Fahrenheit. The addi- 
tion of a few drops of concentrated muriatic acid I found to be 
very useful in this process ; for it did not interfere with the so- 
lubility of the muriate of strontian, while it prevented the solu- 
tion of the barytic salt. 
Art. XVI. — Some Account of an Animal of the Genus Bos, 
which in India is named Gour *. By Thomas Stewart 
Traill, M. D. F. R. S. E., M. W. S., &c. 
^Notwithstanding the extensive intercourse which has for 
ages subsisted between the western world and India, it is rather 
* The Gour of India is a very different animal from the Gour of Persia. The 
latter is the Wild Ass ; an animal remarkable for its fleetness. It was formerly 
a* grand object of the chace, with the Sassanian monarchs of Persia. 
